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Not to make you feel like an IDIOT and whomever made this go on the main page... MAYBE ITS THAT MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE USING THE FARKING INTENRET!
Lock their machine down entirely with group policy OR get a mac.
I have my girlfriend setup with all the popblockers, virus scanners etc. However i tried something different which does work if you make the person do this (2k & XP only. Set them up 2 windows accounts one that only has guest privilages and one thats an administrator. Make them use the guest account unless they absoltely NEED to install something, and allow them to use the admin. WOrks great on girlfriends:)
I had a KDS monitor that died after 8 months of use. Contacted Support had it RMA'd, said theyd ship me the same model with but in black/silver casing. I did the give us your credit card information and we'll send it immediately process. I got the new monitor in and it was 2 models below what i had. So i call technical support again, and they are soooooooo sorry. They tell me that they will call me at within 10 days to tell me another monitor just like mine or better has been shipped. They also asked if I had shipped my original monitor yet. I replied no and they said not only would they pay for shipping of the replacement monitor but the original dead one as well. 10 Days passed. 15 Days Passed. I've called a few time and now im told 'we're workin on finding a replacement'. Fast forward 2 weeks, KDS calls me threatening to bill me for $250 for a monitor that i had rma'd. The rep was rude and finally gave in to looking up the other RMA which noted what had happened. It's now been another 3 weeks and I still haven't heard anything. Speaking of which I'm making a phone call after this:\
I think its safest to say nothing is safe. Nothing will ever be completely secure, period. The most common OS will always be the most targeted (Microsoft) and the competitor that is considered to be the biggest threat (Linux) will be second most targeted.
The rarer the OS the rarer the odds of getting infiltrated are. The less public and heard of you are the more underneath the radar you are.
Yeah, i found all of this stuff out early enough not to screw myself. University of Kentucky Computer Science might rape my brain, but atleast im not wasting time at ITT like i almost did.
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/18/182525 2&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=126&tid=95&tid=9 9
Not to make you feel like an IDIOT and whomever made this go on the main page... MAYBE ITS THAT MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE USING THE FARKING INTENRET!
Lock their machine down entirely with group policy OR get a mac. I have my girlfriend setup with all the popblockers, virus scanners etc. However i tried something different which does work if you make the person do this (2k & XP only. Set them up 2 windows accounts one that only has guest privilages and one thats an administrator. Make them use the guest account unless they absoltely NEED to install something, and allow them to use the admin. WOrks great on girlfriends :)
I had a KDS monitor that died after 8 months of use. Contacted Support had it RMA'd, said theyd ship me the same model with but in black/silver casing. I did the give us your credit card information and we'll send it immediately process. I got the new monitor in and it was 2 models below what i had. So i call technical support again, and they are soooooooo sorry. They tell me that they will call me at within 10 days to tell me another monitor just like mine or better has been shipped. They also asked if I had shipped my original monitor yet. I replied no and they said not only would they pay for shipping of the replacement monitor but the original dead one as well. 10 Days passed. 15 Days Passed. I've called a few time and now im told 'we're workin on finding a replacement'. Fast forward 2 weeks, KDS calls me threatening to bill me for $250 for a monitor that i had rma'd. The rep was rude and finally gave in to looking up the other RMA which noted what had happened. It's now been another 3 weeks and I still haven't heard anything. Speaking of which I'm making a phone call after this :\
haha so true
I think its safest to say nothing is safe. Nothing will ever be completely secure, period. The most common OS will always be the most targeted (Microsoft) and the competitor that is considered to be the biggest threat (Linux) will be second most targeted. The rarer the OS the rarer the odds of getting infiltrated are. The less public and heard of you are the more underneath the radar you are.
Yeah, i found all of this stuff out early enough not to screw myself. University of Kentucky Computer Science might rape my brain, but atleast im not wasting time at ITT like i almost did.